Arthur Toal O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2706
Enlisted:	15 August 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bookbinder
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 2 February 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia 3259N
Memorials:

15 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2706, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2706, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2706, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
13 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2706, 59th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the arm, and thigh. Embarked for England on 17 May 1917 aboard HS St, Denis
14 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2706, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as wounded

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Arthur was the son of John William O'Brien and Anna O'Brien nee Toal.

In 1923 Arthur married Isabel Agnes Evans.

Next of kin given as his brother John Terence O'Brien of Cochrane Street, Brighton, Victoria.

Apprenticed to Mason, Forth & McCutcheon for seven years

Commenced return to Australia on 5 November 1919 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 31 December 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory MEdal